Sheldon, Iowa — The month of October was warmer and drier than normal in Sheldon.
According to the weather facts collected by KIWA Radio, the highest high was 84 degrees, recorded on October 10th. The lowest high temperature was only 46 degrees, recorded on October 31st.
The lowest low in the month was 25 on October 15th. The highest low was 55, recorded on the 19th, 20th, and 21st.
The average high for the month was 69. The normal is 62. The average low was 39. The normal is 38. The average temperature as-a-whole for the month was 54 degrees, and normally it’s 50.
We received just 0.69 inches of precipitation for October. A normal October sees 1.92 inches, so we were below normal for the month by 1.23 inches. Year-to-date precip has been 36.26 inches. Normal year-to-date precip would be 25.64, so while we’re in severe drought, according to the US Drought Monitor, we were still 10.62 inches above normal on the year as of the end of October. The day with the most precip was October 31st when we received 0.52 inches of rain with a little snow mixed in.
The snow received in October added up to 0.2 of an inch. Normal snowfall for October is 0.8 of an inch, so we ended the month 0.6 of an inch below normal.
